Balancing machine



"A. LEBERT 2,026,688 H BALANCING MACHINE Filed March 25, 1935 //v VENTOR ALFRED ,LEBERT ATTOk/VEY Patented 7, "1936 I 2,026,688

2 UNITED; STATES: PATENT OFFICE I Alfred Lebert, Dusseldorl-Morsenbroich,

Germany Application March 25, 193:. Serial m5. 682,781

. In Germany November 10, 1930 2 Claims. (01. 15-51) inventionrelates to balancing machines is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in tor determining the dynamic unbalance of a rowhicli tary and more particularly to means for v Fig. l is an end elevation in which only those simplifying machines or class and increasing parts of a balancing machine are shown which sensibility and accuracy of measurement. form the vibratory system, the part shown being 5 r such machines, the rotary body to be balduplicated on the opposite side of the body to be anced supported spring-cushioned bea balanced. V which vibrate during the rotation of the body to Fig. 2 is a detail view of the displaceable bearbalanced under the influence of unbalanced ings on levers e and k in a modification of the to weight It has been proposed to measure the invention. 10

magnitude of imbalanced-force by compensating Referring to the drawing, the body to be balthese vibrations by means of counter-forces anced is designated a and is rotatably disposed which are adjustable asto phase and magnitude with its axis b on the rolls 0 attached to a bracket v which are transmitted to the body to be bald secured to one end of a horizontally disposed is aimed. by means of a spring. lever e which is pivoted on its other end to a 7 According to the invent on, such machines can fixed abutment at f. I beessentially simpiifiedby transmitting the coun- Below the bracket d, the horizontally disposed ten-forces not to aseparate spring, but directly lever e is carried by a vertical support g having to the cushioning which is provided already for its ends engaging the respective bearings h, i, the go the elastic arrangement of the body to be ballower end of support 9 resting on the bearing i, ance'ch For example, the machine can be cona lever k pivoted at l to a fixed abutment, where-' structed so as to have only one spring acting with as the other end of the lever it engages a spring one end on the body to be balanced or the bearm on which the entire system is elastically suping thereof or the frame containing the bearings, ported.

I and secured the other end to an abutment The upper end of the spring m is secured-at 25 which is movable for transmitting counter-forces a stationary point and the lower end thereof is in accordance with the: oscillations of the body to secured to a lever n which swings about a shaft bebalanced. o. By means of a device not shown, the lever A, machine simplifi in the manner indicated n can be driven so as to carry out/accurately extraordinary accuracy in ascertaining regulatable strokes in the direction or the ar- 0 imbalance, since, owing to the lack of additional rows 9.

cushionin there are nore e o interfer- The device functions as follows: me vibrations in the syst m, which could The body a to be balanced is rotated about its the effici ncy and accuracy f m' axis 1) by means of a drive, not shown. The un- Itthebodies tobehalancedarere ativelyhea y, balance will then produce'forcesacting on the 35 it might happen that in; ma hi f the lever e, and these forces will be transmitted by described heavy and Strong Springs; arewleqmmd the support g to the lever is which, according to for Fi bearings, whmh nawmllv the distance between the bearing i and the m1- wmfld impair accuracy 0f FQ a the crum l on the one hand and the bearing 1' and invention aims therefore atprovidmgffm n P the spring 111. on the other, will efiect such a 40 mittingithe use of very light and sensitive Spr leverage that the efiect of forces due to unbaleven if masses babalalmd are of great ance'on the spring mwill be quite small. Thereweight' 1 ms is tamed by mterposing fore, a weak spring of high sensibility may be tween the bearing means of the body to be b alused for cushioning i i the ,cushmmng m compnsmg The lower edge i of the support'g may be posim of 7 as to provide-a separate tioned near the fulcrum l of the lever k as closelever each for hearing and cushionmg and to 1 ly as desired so as to makeany ratio possible. cause the first lever to be supported by the other. V i

construction makes it possible regardless It is further possible to render the bearings for $50 of dimensions and size of the and the suppm'ts 9 vl c q P levers and 50 without waste of space, to employ any desired le- T h and z are adlus a ly m h verage'in order to use very light and highly d non the respective levers c and k and are retained catesprings whereby the power input for proin adjustedposition by suitable means such as ducing counter-oscillations is reduced also. the screws or bolts shown in Fig. 2. The bear- By w y of example, 19m; o; the inv ntion inc: are notched to receive the ex is or, support a.

2 aoaaesa verage composed of a horizontally disposed free swinging lever constituting the sole support for the bearing means and a second horizontally dis posed free swinging lever attached to the cushioning means and supporting said first lever, and a third lever movable and arranged for transmitting pulsatory regulatable counterforces in accordance with the period of the oscillations of said rotary body, said lever working directly against the cushioning means of said bearing means.

2. A balancing machine according to claim 1, the leverage comprising a strut interposed between said both free swinging levers, knife edges on the opposite ends of said strut, hearings on said both free swinging levers for receiving said 10 knife edges, said bearings being displaceably arranged along said swinging levers.

ALFRED LEBERT. 

